Israel has again launched a ground invasion into Gaza, resulting in devastating consequences.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the operation on social media, stating that they had begun ground operations in the northern Gaza Strip.
The IDF’s page posted: “IDF forces have begun ground operations in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet continue their waves of attacks throughout the Strip.”
Fighting resumed on Tuesday when Israel launched surprise airstrikes across Gaza leading to hundreds of deaths including of women and children.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that over 400 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday alone, primarily women and children.
On Wednesday Israeli troops retook part of a corridor that bisects Gaza, and its defense minister warned that attacks would intensify until Hamas frees dozens of hostages and gives up control of the territory.
The advances on the ground by Israel on Wednesday — which included sending more troops to southern Gaza — threatened to drag the sides into all-out war again.
Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to three hospitals. The strikes hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women and children as they slept.
One of the strikes on Gaza early Thursday hit the Abu Daqa family’s home in Abasan al-Kabira, a village just outside of Khan Younis near the border with Israel. It was inside an area the Israeli military ordered evacuated earlier this week, encompassing most of eastern Gaza.
The renewed fighting has shattered the truce that had facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages.
Israel blames Hamas for the renewed fighting, claiming that the militant group rejected a new proposal that departed from their signed agreement.
However, Hamas insists that Israel has violated the ceasefire hundreds of times, carrying out strikes on the Gaza Strip that have killed over 100 people.
The situation on the ground is dire, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returning to what remains of their homes in the north after the ceasefire took hold in January .
The Trump administration has voiced full support for Israel, despite the devastating consequences of the conflict.
The international community, however, called for an immediate ceasefire, with the United Nations Security Council convening an emergency session to address the crisis.
The situation remains volatile, with Israel’s defense minister warning that attacks would intensify until Hamas frees dozens of hostages and gives up control of the territory.
